10/17/88 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 17, 1988 APPROVE REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS - SALE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES Mrs. Patricia E. DeClercq, Director, Department of Code Enforcement, requested permission to advertise for the sale of approximately thirteen (13) abandoned vehicles, which are being stored at South Bend Auto Parts storage lot located at 218 South Grant Street, South Bend, Indiana. It was noted that all vehicles have been stored more than fifteen (15) days, identification checks had been run for auto theft and the owners and lienholders notified. Upon a motion made by Mrs. DeClercq, seconded by Ms. Humphreys and carried, the above request was approved and a date of October 31, 1988, was established for the receiving and opening of sealed bids. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 29-1988 - APPROVING ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF BIDS AND AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CITY FOR FUNDS ADVANCED FOR THE PAYMENT OF NECESSARY PRELIMINARY EXPENSES ACTUALLY INCURRED BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REVENUE BONDS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE REVENUE BONDS Mr. Leszczynski advised that the above referred to Resolution No. 29-1988 submitted to the Board for adoption is the first step in a long process to begin the improvements at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Resolution approves the engineers estimate that has been made public and authorizes the Board to seek bids to begin the improvements project. It also indicates that the City will be reimbursed for upfront costs which it has incurred in regards to this project. Mr. Leszczynski additionally advised that the City did seek and receive a federal grant as well as a state grant for this project. The federal grant has been received and the state grant will be received soon after the final paperwork is completed. Further, Mr. Leszczynski advised that it is anticipated that bids for this $22.5 million dollar project will be received in November, with an award anticipated to be made in December and construction to begin early in 1989. Therefore, upon a motion made by Mrs. DeClercq, seconded by Ms. Humphreys and carried, the following Resolution No. 29-1988 was adopted: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA APPROVING AN ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF BIDS AND AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CITY FOR FUNDS ADVANCED FOR THE PAYMENT OF NECESSARY PRELIMINARY EXPENSES ACTUALLY INCURRED BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT REVENUE BONDS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE REVENUE BONDS WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Board of Public Works (the "Board of Public Works"), is a municipal works board and as such is charged (pursuant to IC 36-9-23) with the supervision and control of the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation and maintenance of the sewage works of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City"); and WHEREAS, the City has applied for grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") and from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in the amounts of Twelve Million Twenty-three Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty- six Dollars ($12,023,826.00) and Three Million Six Hundred and Sixty-seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars 1 1 1